1699
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January 26 -
Treaty of Karlowitz signed.
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March 30 - the tenth
Sikh Master,
Guru Gobind Singh created the
Khalsa.
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May 1 -
Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville founds the first European settlement in the
Mississippi River Valley.
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William Dampier explores the northwest coast of
Australia.
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March 23 -
John Bartram, American botanist (died
1777)
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March 25 -
Johann Adolf Hasse, German composer (died
1783)
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May 1 -
Hans Joachim von Zieten, Prussian field marshal (died
1786)
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May 13 -
Marquis of Pombal,
Prime Minister of Portugal (died
1782)
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November 2 -
Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, French painter (died
1779)
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December 10 - King
Christian VI of Denmark (died
1746)
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Robert Blair, Scottish poet and cleric (died
1746)
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Pierre Subleyras, French painter (died
1749)
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January 21 -
Obadiah Walker, English writer (born
1616)
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March 12 -
Peder Griffenfeld, Danish statesman (born
1635)
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April 21 -
Jean Racine, French playwright (born
1639)
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April 22 -
Hans Erasmus Aßmann, Freiherr von Abschatz, German statesman and poet (born
1646)
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May 12 -
Lucas Achtschellinck, Flemish painter (born
1626)
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May 15 -
Edward Petre, English Jesuit and privy councillor (born
1631)
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June 22 -
Josiah Child, English Governor of the East India Company (born
1630)
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September 26 -
Simon Arnauld de Pomponne, French diplomat and minister of
Louis XIV (born
1618).
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August 25 -
Christian V, King of Denmark and Norway (born
1646)
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November 29 -
Patrick Gordon, Scottish general (born
1635)
